November 16, 2019
Pictured above: St Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar announces the newly created Special Response Unit in summer 2018. Photo by Jessica Belle Kramer. The St. Louis County Police Department and its accreditation agency want to know what you think of the department. On Monday, November 18, 2019, a team of assessors from the Commission
[ Read More ]Pictured above: Police board members Laurie Westfall, left, and Art Johnson during an emergency meeting of the board held Oct. 29. Photo by Erin Achenbach. St. Louis County Executive Sam Page has nominated two new members to the county police board, which if approved would form the first female-majority police board in county history. Page
[ Read More ]Monday was the first snow of the season, and today will be the first snow day for area students. The Mehlville School District, Lindbergh Schools, Affton School District, Bayless Schools, Hancock Place School District and Special School District all canceled classes Tuesday due to icy road conditions, after a larger-than-expected snowfall Monday. Mehlville is canceling
[ Read More ]By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com Rep. Bob Burns announced Tuesday that he is running next year for the St. Louis County Council, challenging current council Presiding Officer Ernie Trakas for the 6th District seat representing South County. Burns, 71, is a Democrat from Affton who is currently in his fourth term representing the 93rd
[ Read More ]SSM Cardinal Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital opened a new pediatric health care specialty services center in south St. Louis County Monday. The new SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Pediatric Specialty Services building is located at 13000 Butler Crest Drive, 63128, and will offer the largest number of pediatric services in the area. The 15,000-square-foot Concord
[ Read More ]Pictured above: Chief Jon Belmar at the police board meeting Tuesday before the closed session. Photo by Erin Achenbach.
[ Read More ]A teenage suspect is in custody after shooting someone he knows near the Tesson Ferry Road and Interstate 270 intersection Monday. The St. Louis County Police Department responded to the shooting at 3:18 p.m. Monday, in the 12300 block of Old Tesson Road. A 17-year-old suspect, who was taken into custody, shot an 18-year-old victim
[ Read More ]Pictured above: County Council Presiding Officer Ernie Trakas questions County Executive Sam Page’s Board of Freeholders appointees. Photo by Erin Achenbach. By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com The status of the Board of Freeholders that could approve a city-county merger is up in the air after St. Louis County approved its nominees, but the city still
[ Read More ]A man carjacked a person at gunpoint while robbing the Goodwill store in South County last weekend. Around 9:30 a.m. Sunday morning, a man forced his way inside the back door of the Goodwill store at 10570 Baptist Church Road, robbing the Concord store and carjacking a woman inside for his getaway car, police said.
[ Read More ]Mehlville School District will hold its first induction for the district’s Alumni Hall of Fame this week. Candidates were selected for making an impact in their communities or in the nation. Inductees will serve as role models for generations of students who aspire to be productive citizens and demonstrate traits that align to the district’s
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